Henry Charles Angelo the Younger (1780-1852) was a British master of

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, part of the

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of fencers.

Early life

Henry was born in 1780''Paths of Glory'', The Friends of Kensal Green Cemetery, London, 1997, p. 10. to

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(1756-1835). He was the grandson of Domenico Angelo Malevolti Tremamondo (1716 or 1717 to 1802), the founder of the dynasty.

Career

The younger Henry took over his father's fencing academy in

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from his father in 1817. He subsequently moved it to St. James's Street (1830-1896). He was superintendent of sword exercise to the British Army and the Royal Navy (1833-1852).

Death

Henry died in 1852. He is buried in

Kensal Green Cemetery Kensal Green Cemetery is a cemetery in the Kensal Green area of Queens Park in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea in London, England. Inspired by Père Lachaise Cemetery in Paris, it was founded by the barrister George Frederic ...

Selected publications

*
The Infantry Sword Exercise
'. 1845. * The Reminiscences of Henry Angelo, 1830

References

1780 births 1852 deaths Burials at Kensal Green Cemetery English male fencers Henry Charles, the Younger {{UK-fencing-bio-stub